Impact

IMPACT

Through Technovation girls work with women mentors, find a problem in their community, develop a mobile app, and launch a startup.

We have been running Technovation for 8 years. In that time 15,000 girls around the world have developed mobile apps and startups to solve problems around a diverse range of problems, including food waste, nutrition, women's safety and much more.

26% of alumnae in college major in CS. This is 65x the national rate of 0.4% of female college students majoring in CS

TYPES OF APPS GIRLS DEVELOP

In 2016, we analyzed every submission to Technovation from the previous 3-years to identify patterns and trends in the mobile startups our participants create. Discover the mobile app companies young women will create when given the opportunity in our 3-year App Analysis.

For me, technology wasn’t an option. I never thought about doing something in technology. But [after Technovation], it’s totally in my mind to do something in the technology field.

- Technovation Student 2013

TECHNOVATION CHANGES MENTORS' LIVES

One of the first women to graduate from YCombinator was inspired to apply because of her experience with Technovation. As it turns out, Technovation helps professional women in some surprising ways.

After volunteering with Technovation

58% of mentors increased their technical skills

67% of mentors increased their knowledge about entrepreneurship

70% of mentors learned to be effective mentors

"Technovation not only changed my girls' lives, but it has changed mine as well, finally helping me to realize how I can get into a fulfilling career that meets my needs." -- Chip Moreland, Peace Corps Volunteer, Moldova team mentor

EDUCATORS BELIEVE IN TECHNOVATION

"I see [alumnae] as people who will go in there with an idea, without a technical background, leave school, create a company. And then they can employ women and minorities thereby changing the perception of computer science."

-- Omoju Miller Technovation Instructor and Facilitator

"Following a twelve week experience engaging our students in teamwork, entrepreneurship skills, programming and business skills, to design and present a mobile app solution to a panel of venture capitalists, my colleagues and I witnessed an indescribable transformation in our students and we were speechless!"